Agatha: “I’m sorry, I don’t understand.”
Dracula: “What’s unclear to you?”
Agatha: “You went to the dining room? You don’t eat food.”
Dracula: “I enjoy company, and I like people.”
Agatha: “Then why do you kill them?”
Dracula: “Why do you pick flowers?”

–Jonny Campbell Damon & Thomas Paul McGuigan, Dracula (2020)

Often character contradict themselves, it’s a part of being human. Write a character who is not human– they can be monster, alien, vampire, whatever you want– who experiences the human condition. Their dilemma lies in their monstrosity. They know they must act in a monstrous way because it’s their nature, and yet they also act with passion, ethics, and often confusion. Ask yourself, can your character escape their monstrosity? Or will they, like Dracula, die without human blood? Will they sacrifice themselves in order to save others from them? Or will they search for a compromise, the lesser of two evils?